Institution’s Innovation Council

Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India has established ‘MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC)’ to systematically foster the culture of Innovation amongst all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The primary mandate of MIC is to encourage, inspire and nurture young students by supporting them to work with new ideas and transform them into prototypes while they are informative years.

MIC has envisioned encouraging creation of ‘Institution’s Innovation Council (IICs)’ across selected HEIs. A network of these IICs will be established to promote innovation in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in the campuses.

Major focus of IIC

To create a vibrant local innovation ecosystem. Start-up supporting Mechanism in HEIs. Prepare institute for Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements Framework. Establish Function Ecosystem for Scouting Ideas and Pre-incubation of Ideas. Develop better Cognitive Ability for Technology Students.

Objectives of Institution’s Innovation Council

To conduct various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities prescribed by Central MIC in time bound fashion.
Identify and reward innovations and share success stories.
Organize periodic workshops/ seminars/ interactions with entrepreneurs, investors, professionals and create a mentor pool for student innovators.
Network with peers and national entrepreneurship development organizations.
Create an Institution’s Innovation portal to highlight innovative projects carried out by institution’s faculty and students.
Organize Hackathons, idea competition, mini-challenges etc. with the involvement of industries.

Administrative Set-up

The IIC Council of the College consists of the following members:
Head of the Institution: Dr. Shaju Varghese
President- Dr. Renu Susan Samuel
Convenor – Dr. Sona S. Dev
External Expert: Dr. Viju Jacob, MD, Synthite Industries
Alumni Entrepreneurs: 1) Sri. Joji Varghese
2) Sri. Alias K Peter

Department	Name of the Faculty	Roles Assigned
English	Smt. Nayomi Rajan	Vice President
Chemistry	Smt. Asha Paul
Pol. Sc.	Smt. Jocelyn Jose	IPR Activity Coordinator
History	Smt. Elsa Sunny M
Physics	Ms. Soumya Kuriakose	Start-up Activity Coordinator
Zoology	Dr. Susha T K
Botany	Smt. Remya G Nair
Maths	Dr. Jaya Paul	Internship Activity Coordinator
Hindi	Dr. Sindhu P Kauma
Mal	Smt. Bincy Dominic
Commerce	Smt. Binu Mathew	Innovation Activity
Library Sc.	Ms. Asha D. Varghese	Social Media
Commerce SF	Dr. Bincy Baby	NISP coordinator
MTA SF	Smt. Shilpa Paul
Chemistry SF	Smt. Reshma Prakash